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30 ,366, and the total amount applied was 48,0001, of which 20 ,484/, only had been granted by the Treasury. The number in 1 834 was 41,000, and the sum applied .59,619/.,while the amount obtained from the Treasury did not exceed 19,3681., so that, In point of face, in that year no less a sum than 40,0001. had been raised by subscription for the purpose of education.— (Hear.) In 1835, 45,321 was the number, and the total ex- Pen ce 7 1,7311., of which 21,6591. came out of the Treasury, ,11- 1 the number of the population who received education in these schools during the whole of the period which he had mentioned was as follows : In 1833 1834 1,840,000 1835. He Owned that, con s id er i ng th e sum vote d w a s so sma ll, he could not see h ow t h e f un d s cou ld h e more use f u ll y 4 PPlied than in obtaining the greatest number of schools possible. But, while he said this, he did not hesitate to ad mit that there was another and a much more extensive question conn ec t e d w ith thi s su bj ec t, t o w hi c h th e at t en ti on because of the Government and of that House ought to be turned, no matter how the sum at present voted for education bParli amen t was a ppli e d— no matter w h et h er t h at money was. applied in this or any other manner—o ne thi n g was obxious, and that was, that there was a large portion of the Poor in this country who were totally without th e means of a l descrition of education whatever.—( Hear, hear.) The lion. Gentleman th e M em b er f or Sh rews b ury ma l e a state ment t o thi s e ff ect, an d hi s o b servat i ons went to show, w h at ndeed, could not be denied, that there were large populations la the part of the country w ith w hi c h h e was acqua i n t e d w here Out o, r every three two wer e d es tit u t e o f ever y m eans of ed ucation. This was a disgrace to the country, and with re spect to the ne c e ss ity o f a ff or di ng to t h e p oor th e de 41nta of mo ra l an d re li g i ous e d ucat i on h e b e li eve d t h e y were ~, unanimous, and that but one opinion was entertained Whethe r in or out o f th a t H ou s e .—( H ear , h ear .) S uc h a s t a te of things, he admitted, could not be said to be satisfactory.— ar, hear.) From various tables and speculations that "d been formed on the subject some might infer that educa tion Could produce only good effects—that it would operate to ;Press crime—while others again were to he found who would rny the fact, and contend that crime could not be prevented educating the people. Ile must, however, allow that it was the duty of the State to afford the people a choice in the 'natter, and if, after they had been made aware of their moral and religious duties, they should deviate from them, then the State would be no longer responsible for their ` Y°.'idnet ; but when the State did not afford them the fs'htest means of information as to these elements, it was un doubtedly responsible for all the consequences which might arise from their want of knowledge.—( Hear, hear.) With re gard to education, where it was provided for neither by So cietiess nor by the State it was in the power of the Govern ment to do comparatively little. Although the Government, as Was the case at present, did all they could, to the hest of their judgment and discretion, to diffuse useful knowledge, it Was obvious that there must still remain many districts in W hich the poor were left without proper means of instruction, a nd that the money necessary for the purpose, if raised at all ."2ald not b e procured independently of voluntary contribu. `,.'°ns from th e more opulent of the inhabitants. Ile was there lore ready to assert now, as he had done on several former °Ye sions—as he had done two years ago—that he thought on C part o f th e St a t e th e duty incumbent on it to supply to Ve people the means of proper education had not been fu1a11ed,....( alled,....( Hear, hear.) He did think the objections made by be founded parties against a general system of education, not to founded on reason; but he, at the same time, saw many O bjections which might fairly be urged as to the mode in which thought it would be far better to wait until some agreement °f opinion had taken place arnon , those who at present took d • 'fferent views on the subject, than ' that they should coincide 41 such an address as that proposed by his Hon. Friend. With te sPeet to this address, it proposed that a Commission on the t hat of education should be appointed by the Crown, and one of two c o u r ses should be taken. Now there was great di fference of opinion as to the manner in which such a system of g e neral education should be conducted. One party wished to h ave it in the hands of the Clergy of the Established Church, , 4 "other thought it ought to be carried on according to the vineiples on which the British and Foreign School So tTtY acted, while a third took a totally opposite view; and " question, therefore, was, were these differences to be recon t.Ped—were they likely to be accommodated by calling toge ther a: central Board to be composed of parties entertaining 'lob opposite notions—of parties whose differences of opinion tnuat break out, and render the proceedings of theßoard alto. Rether inoperative ?—(1-lear, hear.) On the other hand it right be said that this difficulty would be got rid of by mak ing the centralßoard consist of only one class. This to be sure would be one way of obtaining certain and speedy decisions, . b ut yet they should recollect that there would be a great por tion of persons who would still dissent from and oppose the d ecisions to which a Board so constituted might come.— (Hear.) Now with regard to the different modes of educe eation proposed ahe first mentioned was that proposed by the British and Foreign School Society. Their system was, in his judgment, the hest adapted for this country.—(Hear, hear.) There was a third mode brought forward with seal and talent, which it was said would he better fitted for a national system of education than either of the other two. That was a system of education altogether secular in i ts nature, and-which would leave to the Clergy and the Ali ii,isters—of whatever denomination the children belonged— their religious education. lindoubtsdly such a plan might at first sight seem sufficient to reconcile all persons to it, how ever they might differ in their creeds, but his firm belief was that it would not meet the general assent of the Protestants Pr this country.--( Hear.) He was convinced, notwithstand ing it might seem feasible on hypothetical grounds, that such 4 system would fail in implanting in the minds of children that religious and moral culture which would enable them to be tome good members of society ; and , whate v e r the sentiments 1 ) ' individual Members of that House might be on the s ub j ect, "e confessed that he could not see how such a plan could be a good one, or that the constitution of such a Board of Educa tion as that proposed could do otherwise than lead to great Jealousy and dissatisfaction.—( Hear, hear.) One plan had been alluded to which he considered well deserving of attention, a nd that was the forming of a better description of teachers th an, at pres en t ex i s t e d. Now this he must say appeared to iim to be an exceedingly useful scheme, but then it was one W hich could only be adopted by giving to teachers a certain annual amount in addition to their salaries. He thought that /I V could do nothing better than to raise the character of the schoolm aster . Some passage or path ought to be opened to im of future reward, for it was absurd to suppose that any `"le would pine away his life for 401. or 501. a year hi the d rudgery of teaching, unless lie had some ultimate prospect ° I an honourable retreat, or something like the hope of ad '`aneement to stimulate his exertions.—( [hear.) He wished, therefore, to say, that although he was not prepared to agree is the proposal of his Hon. Friend, or to say that the Govern 'neat ought to adopt such a course as he proposed without ex trenle caution, he was still fully convinced that it was the duty of Parliament and the State to give to education a direct and Positive encouragement.—( Hear. ) Mr. S. O'BRIEN hoped his lion. Friend would perse vere in pressing his motion to a division, and if he did ho kight calculate on his support. Th e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped his Friend the Member for Waterford would see the inex- Pediency of pressing his motion to a division. If Parliament wer e to double or even quadruple the present grant, it would be insufficient for the purpose of giving education to all, and therefore they should be exceedingly cautious how they took a nY step that might put an end to those private resources by w hich the progress of education was at present in so great a degree facilitated. Referring to the model schools he would }4 !) 1 , let any one look to the model schools of the NationarSo- Yi elY, and say were those schools that ought to be adoptedas „ " model. Let those National Schools make out a sufficient c ase, and the Government would be disposed to give them ev ery encouragement of which they might be proved to be d eserving. It was very much to be regretted that there was not before the House any practical or satisfactory report of the R ate of the existing schools. lie was gratified to jer eeive that whatever jealousies had heretofore existed with re 'Poet to this subject, and with respect to rival establishments and different systems, were rapidly passing away. lie was ad verse to calling on the Crown to appoint a Board of Commis sioners, and felt hound to oppose the motion. br.LUSHINGTON was anxious that'some practicalfresult should be obtained with respect to the large masses that were at Present without means of education. \Then they recollected t : L ust in Spit a lfi e lds and in Bethnal-green there were not less '"ail 10,000 children, one-half of whom were without employ 'Tient and without education, he thought that a great respon sibility rested upon them to provide education for those who W ere thus destitute. Lord JOHN R USSELL did not concur in the expediency s s ° ' spointing a Commission, as was proposed in the motion uefer P e the House. Mr. WYSE made a few observations in reply. The House divided, and the numbers were— For the motion 7O Against it 74 Majority against the motion NEGRO SLAVERY. t i Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the appren te" of the parish of St. Catherine, in Jamaica. The peti ins was sig ned by '2,226 persons. He moved the petit i o n be Ai d on the table. LONDON UNIVERSITY. ~Mr. GIBSON moved for a return of the minutes of the pro iiedings of the University of London since the granting of the otai charter in I X 36 up to the present time. I__ a l '°td JOHN RUSSELL said that the regulations of the versify had not as yet been completed. A fter some further conversation the motion was negatived v,. It bout a di v i s i on . I ,IRANSMISSION OF MAILS BY RAILWAYS. ABOUC HERE had now to solicit leave to bring in „, 440 1 connected with a subject of great importance to the . I"rY. The House of course was aware of the great altera - Tn in the mo d es o f p u bli c co nveyance since the construction ?' railroads in various parts of the country. This had partial hataltY affected the regulations of the Post-office ; so much so, th e a Committee of that House had been appointed early in Sewsion to consider what means might be adopted to pre tNeer" those alterations proving inconvenient to the public in -0„ ; and the Bill lie now sought to introduce was founded would ReFort of that Committee. Ile was aware that the Bill wer tl e ki n subject to . various . objections, but if no opposition 01 now given to its introduction, ample time for discussion i h °lll,l be afforded on tile second reading% lie trusted that 8 e great importance of sonic measure of this kind would be tii c ‘ 'n Perceptible to Honourable Members as to induce tr r , to refrain from opposition, and he should now -g E i n uLe them w ith a s h o rt statement of the main provi ns of the Bill. The first resolution of the Committee st 4ted, that in consequence of the establishment of lines q: 11.0 44 parallel with the - rhaikoacl coal, the esta- Wished mode of conveyance for the mails had become in efficient, and that the Post-office in consequence had been obliged to have recourse to the Railway Companies for their transmission. In connection with this he begged to remind the [Luse of the important fact that not only did these Com panies possess a monopoly on their lines of road as proprietors of tolls but as carriers also.—( Hear, hear.) As the tolls they were entitled to charge ware as high as the rates they ordina rily charged to passengers, this would preclude the po:si s 3i lity of any hostile party running trains on the roads with any approach to equality. He trusted that this fact would be suffi cient to convince the House that an absolute monopoly had by law been given to the proprietors of railroads, and that it had now become absolutely necessary to provide some remedy. At the same time he begged distinctly to be under stood as not casting the slightest imputation on the Directors of any of the Companies ; on the contrary, in the various com munications which he had found it necessary to have with those gentlemen they had given evidence of the mast satisfactory disposition.—( Ilear, hear.) The practical measures recom mended by the Committee were embodied in the Bill, and provided, first, for the giving of power to the Postmaster- General to exact from the proprietors of railroads any rea sonable service w'cich he might require in the transmission of the public correspondence. With regard to the sum to be paid for such service, the Bill proposed to leave that to the decision of arbitrators, one to be appointed by the railroad pro prietors, the other by the Post Office, and the third by the two so appointed. Ile was aware that this was not the most satisfactory mode of proceeding, but the Committee, after ex amining in the most careful manner into the general principles of all the railroad Companies, had not as vet been able to hit on any better. The Bill also provided that it should not be lawful for any Company by any by-law to attempt to restrict the power of the Post Office. The necessity for this was ob vious, as some railroads had lately been shut up on Sunday : this would effectually suspend the correspondence of the country.—( Hear.) He had the satisfaction of stating to the House that the provisions of the Bill, so for as he had gone, had met with no opposition from the proprietors of railroads ; but he now came to another, which was also the last, and which he was afraid would meet with some hostility from those gen tlemen. Even this, however, he felt convinced, would, on investigation, be found perfectly reasonable and necessary. It was the opinion of the Committee that the powers he had before enumerated would not prove sufficient to enable the Post Office to carry on the communications of the country, and he thought that when the House came to consider the number of lines with which the Post Office would have to deal—for instance, three between London and Manchester, and three between London and Brighton—they must certainly concur in this. The Committee, in consequence of that opinion, had resolved that '°lt was expedient that power should be given to the Post Office to run their own trains on all railroads for the conveyance of the mails ithout the pay ment of tolls, and with permision to carry a limited number of passengers." An Hon. MEMBER—The mails only. Mr. L ABOUC H E RE—His Hon. Friend said the mails only ; but he be g ged him to recollect that if passengers were not allowed the harge for the conveyance of the letters would be so enormous as to prove a serious tax on the public. The only way they could attain a reasonable rate was by permitting the conveyance of passengers.—( Hear.) However, there would be ample time for debating this clause in Committee on the Bill. He had only said these few words to allay the extra vagant appreheusions which were felt as to the character of this Bill; which, he believed, if carried, would, although ab solutely necessary to possess, be very seldom called into ope ration.—( Hear, hear.) He had only deviated in one instance from the recommendation of the Committee, and that was as to the repairs of Railroads. He thought it but fair that on Railroads as on common highways the Post-office should give some compensation for the wear and tear occasioned in its ser vice. He should not further detain the House than by mov ing for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the conveyance of her Majesty's Mails by Railways. Mr. GO UL BURN agreed with the Right Hon. Member that some measure was absolutely necessary, not only to pro vide for the conveyance of the mails, but of troops and mili tary stores in case of emergency.—( Hear, hear, hear.) It would be better, in his opinion, to fix a rate of payment by the Government, proportioned to that paid by the public in general. After a short conversation, leave was granted. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL brought in the Imprison ment for Debt Abolition Bill, which he stated had been passed in the other House. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered for a second reading on Monday week. The other notices were then disposed of, and the House ad journed at One o'Clock. HOUSE OF LZ RDS, JUNE 14. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at Five o'Clock. PRIVILEGES OF PARLIAMENT BILL. Lord WYNFORD expressed his intention of proceeding no further with this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM was aware of the difficulty under which his Noble Friend laboured, but he regretted the with drawal of the Bill, because it would abolish an exemption which greatly injured their privileges and hurt their credit. After a few words from Lords Wynford, Ellenborough, and Brougham, the conversation dropped. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition against the Bill for the Commutation of Tithes, to which was attached the names of a considerable number of clergymen, but all in one handwriting. The Right Rev. Prelate stated that the writer had the special authority of all whose names appeared, but the petition was only received as that of the single indivi dual. The Right Rev. Prelate then presented a petition from Bridgenorth against the Church Leases Bill. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a public meeting held at Leicester, which represented 119 churches and 4,500 communicants, and from another place, against the punishment of death, except in cases of murder. Also several petitions against llindoo idolatry. The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from the members of the Bath Church of England Association, praying their Lordships to extend to the Church in Canada that support which its high merits and vast importance demanded. The Earl of II ADDINGTON presented a petition from the law-practitioners of the county of Haddington, against the Sheriffs' Court Advocation and Diligence Bills. Lord BROUGHAM suggested the propriety of postponing any discussion upon the East India Slave Protection Bill until Thursday next, for which day he would give notice of a new clause relative to the education of the negrocs. Lord GL ENE LG had no objection to such a postponement. The Bill then passed through Committee tiro forma, and the report was ordered to be receivedonThursday next. IRISH POOR LAW BILL. Earl FITZWILLIAM thought that it would be advisable also to postpone the report of the Irish Poor Law Bill which stood for to-morrow, if there were no objection on the part of the Government. _ _ _ The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had no objection to post pone it till Tuesday next. Lord EL LE NBO RO UG said—Then perhaps the Noble Marquis would at once lay upon the table the estimate which had been promised of the expense necessarily attending the operation of this Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was not prepared then to produce that estimate, but he knew that great pains had been taken to collect a correct one. After a few words from Lord ELLENBOROUGH and the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Earl FITZ WILLIAM gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should present several petitions for the repeal of the Corn laws. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he should propose two amendments in the Queen'i Bench Sittings Bill, which would have the effect (as we understood) of extending the provisions in some respects to the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer. NEW POOR LAW BILL. Earl STAN HOPE presented two petitions against this Bill ; one from 9.0,000 inhabitants of Manchester, and the other from Bradford. With regard to the latter, he ( Earl Stanhope) felt it necessary to state that it was not agreed to at the recent meeting held there, for he understood that at that last meeting the persons assembled had refused to peti tion any more ; but that they intended to address the House of Commons in the form of a remonstrance and demand, and had determined to refuse the payment of poor rates, of which they had no longer the distribution. The Earl of RA DNO R raid, that under the New Poor Law they had the distribution of the rates through their repre sentatives, the Guardians ; under the old system they had not. Lord JiROUG HA M could confirm the statement of the Noble Earl th:lt those persons had determined not to petition, but to remonstrate, and to refuse to obey the law. A meet ing had recently been held ia the neighbourhood of Man chester, at which a Reverend person had used these expres sions :—" God forbid that there should be any petitions ; but if you do petition, go with a pistol in your haul." He was glad to see that that person wvs not a member of the Church of England, nor of the Methodist connection ; for though he bad originally belonged to that connection ho had long since withdrawn himself. The Bishop of EXETER would feel obliged to the Noble Lord if he would have the goodness to tell them to what re ligious sect that person balivred ? Lord BROUG M had ' been informed that he belonged to a branch which had separated itself from the Metho:iis!s; but he had - no information as to the numbers or denomination of the class. The Bishop of EXETER rejoiced to hear that this indivi dual did not belong either to th e Ch urc h o f England or the Methodists, a class for which he had the greatest respect. Earl STANHOPE did not think it necessary to inquire into the religious opinions of this person ; the petition which be had presented was not adopted at that meeting—C" Hear, hear," from Lord Brougham) —but at one anterior to that ; for nc.w he could tell their Lordships that no more petitions would be scut, and if the opinions of the people were expressed at all it would be in the shape of remonstrance, or in a mode far less agreeable to their Lordships and far less constitutional. But he believed that the Rev. Gentleman to whom allusion had been made had been misquoted, and that instead of saying what was attributed to him he had only advised the assembly to provide themselves with arms for the purpose of defence, a course which was perfectly legal. Lord BROUGHAM believed the Noble Earl was right. He had confounded that instance with the case of another speaker on the same subject, who had said—" Hold a petition in one hand, but place a finger of the other on the trigger cf a pistol," and the Rev. Gentleman had adopted the same lice of argument. Earl STANHOPE said, that as to laying the finger on the trigger he could only understand that allegorically.—( Loud laughter.) Lord BROUG HA NI certainly thought that it was very un figurative indeed_to talk of coming and submitting their claims to parlianint with pistols b their buds. The array of phy. sic-al force might be a very cogent argument, but the allegory of the pistol did not mean merely- ten thousand men, but it typified armed men.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Earl FIT ZWIL LIAM agreed in th:nking that it was very probahie that no more petitions might be presented en this subject, but he believed the reason was that the eyes of the people had been opened.—( hear, hear.) Earl STANHOPE sail if the Noble Earl was disposed to try the sentiments of the people, let him convene a meeting of the inhabitants of any district of the West or East Riding of the county of York, and see how many persons he, with all his influence in that part of the country, would get to support a petition for the present system. The Noble Earl then pre sented several petitions from places in Cumberland, Derby, and Yorkshire again't the New Poor-law Bill. Some time ago he (Earl Stanhope) had said that the petitions from the agrieulturAl districts would have been as numerous as from the manufacturing - districts, if the population of the former had not been in a deplorable state of intimidation and oppression. In confirmation of that statement, he now begged to present a petition from a Reverend Friend of his, the Incumbent of the, parish of Disc, in the county of Norfolk—( Name)—Mr. Morris; in which he stated that two of his parishioners, who were Guardians, named Ellis and Dodd, had told him, in the presence of several other persons, that if any of their labourers dared to complain of the operation of the Now Poor-law Bill they would immediately discharge them, and that such expres sions were so generally known that the men were effectually silenced by that species of intimidation. The Earl of R DNOR had made coma inquiry into the truth of the allegations in the petition, and he found that it was the constant practice of this Rev. Gentleman, Mr. Morris, after performing service in the parish Church, to tell his con gregation that he wished them to stop and have a conversation respecting the New Poor-law and the rates. This was s o constantly done that he had the statement of several labourers, who said that it was their fashion to call it a second sermon, and that they were tired of it, because no good came of it, and because they believed no good was intended to come of it. He (the Earl of Radnor) likewise had papers, signed by Mr. Ellis and Mr. Dodd, denying that they had employed threats. All they had said was, that they did not like their private concerns divulged. The Bishop of EXETER said that he must take the liberty of saying that he did not think the Noble Earl was quite cor rect in saying that he did not see how the House could not accede to the prayer of the petition. The prayer only was to rescue the honest and industrious labourer from undue influ ence, and to secure to him a fair return for his labour, without im, r:sonment in the union workhouse. Earl FITZ WIL LIAINI said that he did not think the poor were now in a worse situation than they were under the old Poor-law. He felt that it was the lot of man that those who were placed in an inferior position should occasionally be ex posed to the pressure of those who had power over them. He was by no means sure that this power of doing evil had at all been increased by the New Poor Law Bill. The Noble Earl ( Stanhope) seemed to imagine that the poor had rights of which they had since been deprived. Under the old law the determination of the overseer, unless a justice intervened, was final ; and under that law the allowance might have been far less than the allowance now given by the Board of Guardians. The Rev. Gentleman, in one part of his petition, said that he should no longer continue to visit the poor in his parish. This was one of the most extraordinary determinations that a Mi nister could come to. He (Earl Fitzwilliam) should think that he was now bound to visit them with more assiduity than ever, in order to keep the minds of his parishioners in a pro per state. Earl STANHOPE presented a petition from a neigh• bouring parish in the same county. The petitioners stated that the industrious labourers were now in a worse situation than they were under the old system ; that wages had been so lowered by the operation of the Bill, in fact, that they were so low, that the labourer could not lay by out of his earnings any provisions to support himself and his family, should he be thrown out of employment; that they would undergo and pri vation, almost starvation, sooner than go into the union work house ; that the strength of the labourers was decreasing from want of sufficient nourishment ; and that in their despair they bad been rendered so utterly hopeless that they might be driven to the most desperate courses. The Earl of RADNOR had made inquiries respecting this petition, and he found that this gentleman had gone about and induced his labourers to sign the petition. One labourer said that he signed it because his master told him to do so, and because he hoped to get a stone or two of flour beyond the wages of his labour, and another said that he signed it out of " right good friendship." The fact, therefore, was, that the petition was a demonstration of the master's opinion, and nothing more. Earl STANHOPE had no doubt that the petitioners had stated their genuine opinions. Earl FITZ WILL lAM inquired whether the Noble Earl had not made an inquiry as to the relative rate of wages ? Earl STANHOPE knew the wages had been diminished. In Cambridgeshire and Suffolk they had been reduced to half a-crown a week. .:aiiFITZWILLIAM lived in Northamptonshire, on the borders of Cambridgeshire, and the wages there were los. a week. . _ The Earl of RADNOR said that the Noble Earl (Stan hope) must be misinformed, for he had never heard of a la bourer being employed at sd. a day. On the contrary, he believed that under the new Bill wages had increased, and agriculture greatly improved. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that there had been no evi dence adduced before the Committee to show that labourers anywhere received so little as half-a-crown a week. Earl STANHOPE then presented a petition from a la bourer of the name of Richard Hursley, who lived in the county of Southampton. This man had been in possession of a cottage for twenty years, and the same cottage had been en joyed by his father since 1758 ; but, under the authority of the Poor-law Commissioners, and under the government of his Noble Friend (the Duke of Wellington), by an order dated the 22d of September, 1836, this mau was compelled to leave his cottage, which was subsequently purchased by the Chairman of the Board of Guardians. Inconsequence of his objecting to this ejectment h e was di sm i sse d f rom hi s employ ment. He was told that no fault was found with him but his refusal to surrender his cottage. On the 23d of March last he and his family were forcibly ejected from his freehold pro perty, and left upon the open common. The Duke of WELLINGTON—My Lords, when the Noble Lord refers to me and says that this occurred under my Government, I should wish to ask the Noble L or d w h ether the matter was referred to me in any manner whatever? My Lords, I think I am not called upon to be answerable f or - a case of this description, and I think it is only that courtesy which one gentleman has a right to expect from another, that some previous communication should have been made to m e . My Lords, when the Noble Lord comes forward and states such a case, there is a certain fairness towards others that ought to be observed with respect to such transactions. When the Noble Lord thought proper to advert to me, RS the case had happened under my Government, he ought at least to have known before whether the matter had occurred under my cognizance, or in my neighbourhood. There is a Committee sitting upon the subject, and I will beg to make a motion, and that is, that the petition he referred to that Committee ; an d , my Lords, Ido hope that the Noble Lord, having referred to me, will do me the justice to attend that Committee, and that he will push the matter through the inquiry, and prove whe ther I hare anything to say to it in any manner.--(Hear, hear.) Let him prove the truth of his case; and, if he does not do that, allow me to say that he will appear something like a libeller. Earl FITZWILLIAM said that if the case stated in the pct'tiln were true, the guardians had been guilty of a gross breach of the law, but this House was not the tribunal to try it. Lord W H A RN CLIF FE could not attend to the suggestion of the Noble Duke. Earl STANHOPE said that it was clear that what be had said could not apply to the Noble and Illustrious Duke (Wel lington). In tact it appeared that the order WAS given in a union not in the county of Southampton.—( Laughter.) He thought it right to call the attention of the Noble Duke to the case, as the party belonged to the county, and he must say that he had heard with inexpressible regret the sentiments which the Noble Duke bad more than once expressed in fa vour of the New Poor Law Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON--I am p,.rfectly ready to meet the Noble Lord in discussing any opinion which I have delivered upon the subject ; but I beg that the Noble Lord will not, because I happen to d.ffer from him, libel me in this House in respect of a transaction with which I have nothing to do. My Lords, it appears on the face of the petition itself that the case occurred in the union of Midhurst, in Sussex, and not in the county of Southampton at all ; but the Noble Lord has thought proper to libel me, imputing that the case came under my government, as if I had anything t o say to it. I will ask is this fair or gentlemanly ? Earl STANHOPE had not libelled the Noble Duke. fie hoped the Noble Duke would press his motion. A legal friend of his (Earl Stanhope's) had gone down, had made in quiries, and prepared the petition, and he had no doubt, upon his authority, that all the allegations in the petition were true. The Duke of WELLINGTON—As a legal friend pre pared the petition, the Noble Lord ought to have spoken from his brief, but not of me.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) The Bishop of EXETER said that it was almost laughing at a poor man to tell him to go to the Queen's Bench for re dress. He thought that the doors of both Houses of Parlia ment ought to be open to the complaints of the lowest classes of their fellow subjects, and that Parliament should always be ready to assist any where in the administration of the law. The Earl of RAI)NOR said that the Act by which this man's tenement was seized was in existence long before the New Poor-law Bill, and had no connection with it. Lord ASIIBURTON said that no doubt the case of this man was worthy of commiseration ; but before he could raceme relief he was required to give up all his property, and this, as the Noble Earl had stated, was under an Act passed long be fore the new Poor-law Bill. wd H A NCLIF FE said that they could not enter tain the legal question, and he fur one would not be a party to trying any one's title to property. If his Noble Friend should persevere in his motion he must beg the House to excuse his attending the Committee. Here the subject dropped. Lord RAYLEIGH presented a petition from Chelms ford, in favour of the aboliti,Jn of the tax on idolatry in tho East Indies.—Adjourned. The Lord Bishop of Oxford has presented the Rev. Thomas Jana s, M. A., of Christ Church, Oxford, to the vicarage e t ' Sit !" bertoft, Northamptonshire, vaemt by the resignation of the Rev. Lewis F. Bagot. BANK CHARTER (IRELAND). —The meeting of Dublin merchants to petition against the re:rewal of the Bank Charter, was the first practical dirEttiou of a mot ement that must end in IncA• iog down the monopoly.—ribt, THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDA Y, JUNE 15, 1838. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT HEATH BACES.—YESTERD.4 r.. The " grand day" may b . :. said to have rested its hopes of pre serving the title to interest which the presence of our youthful Queen would excite among all classes of her subjects. Had it de pended on the racing we are inclined to suspect that its success would not have been so signal, for, notwithstanding the excellence of the nominations for the produce stakes and cup, and the large sums contributed from the fund, the supply of horses to compete for them was unusually small ; Slane, Mango, The Carpenter, Horn sea, Scroggins, Carew, l3arcarolle, Larnaca, &C., were drawn, orire being lame, others coughing, and one or two " swimmers" (a term applied to horses sent abroad). This defalcation told most with "sporting men," who seldom trouble themselves with races which do not furnish "fields" for speculation. With the public it is widely different; their object is too indefinite to make them cri tical, and so long as they are well squeezed, get a sight of the Queen, and are satisfactorily victualled, it matters little whether the sport be good or bad. In the proceedings yesterday we perceived little to distinguish it from former similar occasions, unless, as was the case at Epsom, the opening of the railway may be said to have contributed a new feature. That it had some effect is beyond all doubt, for immense numbers who would have been puzzled to find other means of con veyance availed themselves of its superior accommodation, and, by returning the same way, saved money as well as time, besides avoiding the consequences and dangers of the turnpike-road. The latter " line of communication" presented the usual busy scene, and, as of old, furnished accidents enough to set up a " neous reporter" for a month. This is not to be wondered at when we consider the vast number of crazy horse: and vehicles which are pressed into the service, and the strange coachmanship to which they are subjected. Fortunately none of the mishaps were produc tive of serious consequences. The assemblage on the heath was brilliant ; in fact, it was almost obliterated by the multitude con gregated on it. Its ensemble was much improved by the removal of the old weighing-house. Every stand was crammed at " war prices," and it is almost needless to add that the proprietors of the refreshment booths made ample amends for the dullness of trade on Wednesday. The gaming tents, thimble tables, &c., were as nu merous, and, what is worse, as successful as ever. . . We may sum up this part of our subject by stating that the con course on the raceground was the greatest that has been seen since Zinganee's year, moreover it was an exceedingly well-ordered crowd, the directions to the new police having been enforced with admirable precision. Of the " railway division" hundreds, for want of accommodation were compelled to pedestrianize their way to the course. The same fate awaited them on the conclusion of the races, and as the Slough terminus is a good nine miles from the heath, a considerable number were too late for the last train, too late for the coaches, anti too late to obtain " food, raiment, and lodging." How they got through the night we did not trouble ourselves to ascertain. About a quarter past one o'clock the cry of " The Queen" was raised, and emerging from the forest were seen the scarlet coats of the outriders. The procession, which was precisely similar to that on Tuesday, proceeded at a gentle pace up the Old Mile, and reached the Royal Stand amidst deafening acclamations. In the first carriage were her Majesty the Queen. her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Countess of Mulgrave. in the rest were the Countesses of Albemarle and Surrey, the Earl of Albemarle, and Viscount Melbourne. In the other five carriages were the Marquis of Anglesea and two Ladies Paget, Marquis Conyngham, Lords Uxbridge Lilford, Falkland, A. Paget, Torrington ; Ladies C. Cspley, F. Hastings, and Spring Rice; Misses Dillon and Paget ; Sir H. Wheatley, Colonel Cavendish, Sir R. Otwav, lion. Mr. Murray, Mr. Digby, and Mr. and Mrs. Brande. Her Majesty immediately on entering the Stand presented herself at the window, and was received with vehement cheers, which her Majesty acknow ledged with that. easy grace which we have so often noticed. Simi lar demonstrations of loyal attachment were displayed during the intervals of the races, and at her Majesty's departure for the Castle, which took place after the fifth race.—(ln our report of her Ma jesty's visitors on Tuesday the Countess of Errol's name was given by mistake. Her Ladyship, we regret to hear, was unable to attend from indisposition.) The excessively crowded state of the course necessarily prevents our giving a full account of the fashionable; present. Omitting several emi nent f ore i gners w i t h names somew h a t difficult to under stand, our His Royal Hi g h ness Pr i nce G eorge o f C am b r id ge ; t h e D u k es o f memory enables us to furnish the following short list : Rutland, Portland, and Beaufort ; Marquis of Exeter, Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, Earl of Mulgrave, Earl of Jersey, Earl Verulam, Earl Stradbrokc, Earl and Counters of Wilton, Earl of Suffield, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of Lichfield, Lord Macdonald, Lord Rosslyn, Lord Villiers, Lord W. Paulett, Lord Lynedoch, Lord Bruce, Lord Foley, Lord Cantelupe, Lady Bentinck, Lord Strathaven, Lord Castlereagh, Lord C. Manners, Lord C. Fitzroy, Count D'Orsay, Count Illathiany, Count and Countess Zavadowski, Hen. J. Macdonald, Hon. H. Rous, Hon. Shelley, M. SS.tasniteayn,leyl,rbNyv,illiTa)molsi:hEinr,rinßgatotsno,ni W. Rous, Hon. G. Anson, Hon. G. Byng, Hon. S. Herbert, Sir S. Graham, Sir J. Shelley, Colonel Peel, Messrs. C. Greville, Craven, Williamson, &c. lu P nt a e y r n , e, Ga ß r o dne e r s , The weather, which in the early part of the day, and sip to three o'clock, was all that could be wished, now assumed a louring ap pearance, and shortly after the rain descended so steadily , as most effectually to disperse the promenaders ; and a day which opened full of promise closed in gloom and disappointment. The following is a return of the sport:— The Windsor Town Plate of 501. ; three yrs, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst. 61b ; 5 yrs, 9st; six yrs and aged, 9st. 31b. Mares and geldings al lowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 2501., &c. Winners of 501. in 1833, previous to starting, 31b ; twice, 501., or once of 1001., 51b. extra. Two miles. Mr. F. Craven's Doncaster, 4 yrs Trenn I Captain Pearson's Munchausen, 3 yrs... 2 No betting. Munchausen made play till half way up the dis tance, where Doncaster went by him, and won easy by two lengths. Sweepstakes of 30 sus. each, 20 ft., for two years old; colts, Sst. Mb ; and fillies, Bst. :11b. Winners before or after naming, 31b. extra. T. Y. C. 6 Subs. - Lord Jersey's I lderim Mr. Dixon's b. c. by Camel, out of Maria, by Waterloo... 2 Captain Gardnor's b. f. by Actmon, out of Misletoe 3 Lord Suffield's Alan 4 Sir G. Heatheote's b. c. Zephyr, by Velocipede, out of Dryad... 5 Betting-5 to 2 agst Zephyr (taken), sto 2 agst Alan, 3to 1 agst Ilderirn, and 4to 1 agst Maria. All got off well together, Alan leading, followed by the Maria colt, Ilderim lying up. They observed this order to the road, where all were abreast. Two dis tances from home Alan gave up, and the winner went up to the Maria colt, which was beaten, after a good race, by three parts of a length. The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 sore. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 71b ; fillies, Bst. 41b. Old mile. 10 Subs. Duke of Portland's c. Bceatian J. Day 1 Lord Jersey's c. Plicenix Duke of Grafton's c . Ch y mist 3 the others nearly abreast to the distance, where the y closed. Half -3tol on Phoe nix. Bceatian made all the running, followed by way up Ch ym ist declined, and Phoenix challenged ; but, after a splendid race, was beaten by a head. The Gold Cup, value 300 sons. by Subscribers of 20 sovs. each, w ith 200 added from the Fund. Second to receive 50 sous. out, of the Stakes. About two miles and a half. Mr. T. Houldsworth na. Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus, 3 ' yrs, Gst. 101 b Lord 3 5 to 4on G re y Momus, 5 to 2 agst Caravan, and 7 to 2 agst rr.dßBDullieeld's Caravan, 4 yrs, Bst. 51b . s Epirus, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b Epirus. Grey Monius took the lead at a moderate pace, Epirus lying sec ond, and Caravan third, a po s iti on w hi c h h e k e pt t o th e end of the race. There was no change till near the distance, where Epirus went up to him, kept there, and looked amazingly well till within fifty yards of home, when the Grey def ea ted him by running or five lengths. The pi ece i s d escr i pt i ve o f t h e com bat weer' St. George and the Dra gon , an d i s one o f t h e most elaborate a nd best executed p rizes ever ru n for. It is alike worthy of those who desi g ned and executed it. The Stand P late of 100 sov . s . . (Handi cap ). O nce round and a beatenthe between , n t g f s t : r , and %von by a length and a h a lf c l ever l y. C aravan was distance. S. Mann I 3 71 1‘‘c, ' , Iir . r i.. . 0 ( 1 nx F G E t: ICnrperxrtae,aesre,,r:Rliellsna M ecca, ari D e act e nc, o: hez n a ,ei c , ,r3 a 3 ,4 s t ya T e sgr r r rse s , ,,d l 4 6, 7 7s B s ) st • t ts r . i t s .7 , 6 44 :7 lbl b b s b t . 6I b 4 5 to 2 agst Mecca, 3 to 1 agst Doncaster, and 4 to 1 agst Rat catcher. Rienzi cut out the work, followed by Ratcatcher and W av e, till near the turn, where Ratcatcher to o k it u p, f o ll owe d b y wave and Doncaster;at the distance Ratcatcher and W ave gave u p, and Doncaster went on with the running, f o ll owe d b y M ecca, w ho: waited till the last moment, made a rush on the post, and won by a head. Match, 200 sots., h. ft., Bst. 71b each. One mile. Robinson 2 I‘lNllrr: t Fl o 3 l ld: a l''s i s id 9l s : t n o ‘3)2li o nK n uesa Q n uo Minus, NTIIO won by half a length after a good race. The Windsor Forest Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for three years old fillies, Sst. 41b. The winner of the 2,000 guineas, Derby, or Oaks, to carry Mb. extra. The old mile. 4 Subs. Sir G. Heathcote's br: s. Larnaca Chapple I Lord Exeter's Velveteen I3etting-5 to 2on Larnaca. Velveteen led to the distance, w h er e Larnaca ran by her, and won easy by a length and a half. A very prolific list was not run through till six o'clock. The excellence of the sport agreeably disappointed general expectation. It was said that the owner of Quo Minus had his pocket picked of upwards of 700/. just before the match. NE IV TON RACES.— IVI?D NESD A I. The Trial Stakes of 10 SOTS. each, with 25 sovs. added. One mile and a quarter. 6 Subs. Mr. E.' Peel's gr. c. Saul, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b Lye 1 Lord Eglinton's b. g. The Potentate, 6 vrs, 9st. 21b Mr. E. Buckley na. b. c. Compensation, 3 vrs, Est. 71b 3 Betting—Even on the field, 10 to 1 agst 'Potentate, 6 to 4 agst Sall, and 2to 1 agst Compensation. Won by a head. Sweepstakes of 20 EOVS. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. Lord Stanley's ch. C. 2 A lb r . min G d O n !bornc Course. Lye walked over Sweepstake s of 50 - sovs. each, h. ft., for the produce of mares covered in 1834 ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Ist. 41b. One mile and a half. Mr. N. Turner's b. c. by Battledore ........Darling walked over Thie3eGttionlgdiul,,p, value 100 sous., the gift of the Lord of the Manor, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft., and 1 agst Parolles 5 only, &e. Two miles and a distance. Alr. F. R. Price's In. h. Wentworth, 5 yrs, Bst. Bth... 0 1 Ale. Fowler's br. h. Heron, 5 yrs, Bst. sth Lord Eglinton's The Black Diamond, 5 yrs, Bst. 1011) 3 0 Lord Stanley's r. e. Parolles, 4 yrs, ist Jr.A Bell's ch. f. Golden Drop, 4 yrs, 7st. 21b 4 0 5 0 , to s lo to ag i st ag l s l t er morne , nt s wo to rt 2 h, ag a s i t ,d ß 6 lac to k Vi a a g ar t n G d, ol 4 de to n 1) "P ; atter the dead heat, 5t02 on Heron. Won easy. Plate of 70/. for horses, &c , that never won 50 /. ; thre e y rs, 7st ; four, Bst. 4lb ; fi ve en d u pwards, Bst. 101 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31h. Heats two miles. A hr. Davies's b. c. St; , Leonard, 3 yrs ......... Whitehouse 1 5 1 Jr.A W. Walters's-b. c. Goldhurst, 4 yrs Alr. Dawson's ch. f. Misfit (late Prattler) , 3 yrs • 83 3 Mr. S. R. Johnson's br. h., SY" Alr. Bower's b. e. Lord de Rossington, 3 yrs 6 6 dr Alr. Eddison's br. c. Lyndhurst, 3 yrs •• 9 7 dr Mr. Houldsworth's b. hby Filho-Virginia, 3 yrs 7 2 dr Sir T. Stanley's ch. e., 3 yrs 2 dr Lord Stanley's ch. f. Roclora, 3 yrs 4 dr Vetting -3 to 1 agst Guldhurst, 4to 1 agst St. Leonard. First and second heats won cleverly ; and the third in a canter. ----------- The Prince de Lio'ne and suite left the Clarendon Hotel yesterday morning foT Ascot Heath races. The Duke of Welling. ton left his card for the Prince yesterday. COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.-Yesterday morning green peas were sold at Is. 6d. per quart ; new potatoes, from 9d. to 1 ad, per putt! d ; French beans, 4s. ad. per hundred ; asparagus, from Is. to 2s. per bundle; strawberries, Bd. par curate; cherries, II s. rer pound; grapes (English) 13s. per pound, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, JUNE 14. 4. THE QUEEN O. D'ISRAELT, ESQ. st.e. Mr. CRESiNVELL appeared to show cause against a rule ob tained in this case for a criminal information to befiled against the defendant for the publication of a li>el upon his ( Mr. Cresswell's) Learned Friend Mr. Austin. There had been a let , er published in a newspaper reflecting undoubtedly most severely upon Mr. Austin. and upon the profession to which Mr. Austin belonged. He (Mr. Croswell) had long known and had as long esteemed Mr. Austin, and he should, there fore, be greatly pained if it should be his misfortune to have to enter into any matter which might be hurtful to the feelings of Mr. Austin. The matter on which this rule was founded, as their Lordships might recollect, arose from certain proceed ings on the Committee of the House of Commons appointed to try the merits of the election which had taken place at Maidston , e Oa the t vening of the Ist of June there ap peared in the Standard newspapur, though he believed that this had nut been mentioned in the affidavits, as it was sup posed that the statement first appeared in the Atorning Post into which it was, in fact, copied on the following morning, a paragraph, which caught the attention of Mr. D'l-sraeli. He might appeal to any man whether such a statement as that paragraph contained would not be likely to excite the feelings of Mr. D'lsraeli, and call for some statement as an answer from him. Mr. D'lsraeli had been a candidate for Maidstone at the election which took place last summer, with a gentleman, a Mr. Wyndham Lewis. Both had been re turned. On Mr. Lewis's death Mr. Fector became a can didate. He was returned, and a petition was presented against his return. On the morning of the 341 of June, Mr. D. Israeli read in the _Morning Post an account of the speech of Mr. Austin on opening the petitioners' case before the Committee and in that account were these expression :—" He (Mr. Aus tin) ought to inform the Committee that there was a species of corruption practised at Maidstone of a different kind from most other places ; bribes were not only given to the voter at the time, but were promised, and were paid afterwards. There had been much treating under the old representative system, but he thought that it had rather increased than decreased under the new. It would appear that Mr. D'lsraeli, the other Member for Maidstone, had not fulfilled the old pro mises, and therefore Mr. Fector had to make them good before he could obtain the votes of some of the electors at the then election." Such was the charge in the newspapers. Was that a charge which any gentleman could read without feeling much excited—without being much moved—without being conscious that, unless he cleared himself of that charge, he would not merely be unworthy a seat in the House of Commons, but unworthy of the society of gentle men. The Learned Gentleman then went on to detail the particulars of the case at considerable length, after which, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in support of the rule, said that he thought their Lordships were bound to make it absolute. Mr. CREMSWELL begged to say that Mr. D'lsracli much re gretted that any injury should have been done to the feelings of Mr. Austin by that letter, which appeared now to have written without any cause whatever. Mr. D'lsraeli's desire was to make an ample apology, and he should desire to know what the Court would deem satisfactory. His Learned Ft lends had not asked for any particular apology, nor in what respect that which he had offered was unsatisfactory. Lord DF.Nsima—l cannot think that the apology which has been offered is sufficient. It is not satisfactory to the Attorney- General, as Counsel for Mr. Austin—it does not appear to me at all so. Mr. CRESSWELL, after what had just fallen from his Lord ship, begged to say, that if the apology he had offered was not now what their Lordships had suggested, he wished, on behalf of Mr. D'lsraeli and of himself, to state that it was his (Mr. Cresswell'a) own fault. Lord DENMAN—Then I do not think it will be difficult to terminate this case. The ATTORNEY-GENERAT, said—l will undertake that what ever a gentleman ought to do Mr. Austin will do. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. A young man named James Gorman, well known to the police, was brought up in custody and placed at the bar, charged with haying committed a daring robbery at the house of Mr. John Atkinson, a gentleman of property, in Camden Town. . On the previous morning the prosecutor's maid-servant went down stairs at seven o'clock, and opened the parlour-window as usual. She had occasion soon afterwards to go into the kitchen, and on returning into the first-named apartment it was discovered that during her temporary absence some one had entered the room, and stolen from the mantel-piece a valuable clock, together with various chimney ornaments and other property. Information was promptly communicated to the police, and on inquiry being made by a constable it was as certained that the clock had been pledged at the shop of Mr. Blackburn, Skinner-street, Somer's Town, and as the descrip tion of the pledger answered in every particular to that of the prisoner he on the same evening was taken into custody. The clock was produced and identified. Mr. RAWLINSON (to the prisoner)--Have you anything to say? Prisoner—Vy, yes ; I've got this hero to state to the honourable bench. I vos cutting along at a quick pace through Brill-row yesterday morning, yen a man vot I never seed afore axed me to bring this here property, vich I did. Mr. RAWLINION—If you can get twelve men at the Old Bailey to believe you, you will be very lucky. He was committed to Newgate for trial. JACK ASIIORE.—A jolly-looking red-faced son of Neptune, who gave his name Henry Green, was placed at the bar, charged by police constable 61 D, who stated that on the same morning, about half-past five o'clock, he found the prisoner insensibly drunk in Oxford-street, and he conveyed him to the station-house. Mr. tiosKiss (to the prisoner)—W'hat have you to say? Prisoner (hitching up his trousers, and turning his quid).— Lord love your Honour, after a desperate long cruise who can help a cann of grog ? Mr. HOSKINs—You should be moderate in your drinking, and not give occasion for the interference of the police. Prisoner—D—. I beg your Honour's pardon. I won't swear ; but why shouldn't these blue-coated landsmen let a sailor capsize himself, and snooze wherever he likes. • Mr. fjosKlNs—lf I let you go now, will you promise not to get drunk again 1 Prisoner (scraping his foot on the floor, and making a regular sailor's bow)—Why, I can't promise that altogether ; but I won't do so any more for above a twelvemonth, in London. Mr. 1-lossitss—What security can I have that ) . ou will keep your word ? Prisoner—Why, I've got no landlubbers here who will be bail for me, but I think I can satisfy you myself. Mr. llostuNs—How? Prisoner—Why, I hope to be off to Trinidad this afternoon nt four o'clock, and the ship'a now ready at St. Katharine's Docks. Mr. HosKiNsThen make the best of your way there. You are discharged. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES•OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended. June R, GtlB, mule up from the Return', of the Inspectors in the different Cities and 'cairns in Englaw: and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat Ms. 3d I Oats Barley 3ls 4d. Rye 33s SA. temie :Xs. sd. 311'1013AL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat 62s 1 2,1. Oats 61. Beans. 16s. 71. Barley... 533 7.1 I Rye l2s. 9tl I cease 31s. 1)d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat ..... ... 246. Bd. Oats Barley l6s. 10. t. I Bye THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. W heat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. 's.to s. s. S. .. to S. IS.to A 6. VI S. Blandford --__ 61 65 27 r 5 23 24 40 Sr igg--..-- CO 66 23 74 lIS 26 34 41 39 32 Cambridge_---- 65 31 25 40 ai Chant ----. '6O 68 21 28 20 22 38 40 31 40 fluntingdon_ —.. 56 PO' 31 38 21 20 38 42 Long Sutton—.—. 58 61 111 20 30 34 Louth ....--.—.. ;54 67 21 25 18 1:6 3) 37 ' ynn--..—.. •52 61 22 31 II '2 ,1 :30 32. 32 34 Newark .... 57 59 24 31 19 28 :31 43 32 Nottingham 44 59 21i 31 111 28 35 42 Peterborough -- 49 62 35 42 22 29 38 43 Plymouth .—......... '4O 58 30 31 20 23 - Pontefract—....—. 67 43 i 27 43 Slealord ..........e ....... 65 70 136 38 122 28 11 43 llppingham ~--... 43 61 24 30 IS 234 32 44 Wisbeeh —„-113 62 , —I 20 30 32 CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. s. d. to is. d Pet lb. d. to el Wheat ssarley Oats 3 0 4 3 Veal Beans . Pease _. _ Hay 5l. Os to 5/. Pk Pd. p , r tan. OULL MARKET.-June 12. Wheat, Old its 5,88. 645. New il's. 58s 64A. - Foreign -s. s. -s. I n bond... -A. -A -s. Oats, Poland -s. `.70,. 228 Old -8.2-91. '26s. - Small or Feed.... -, 17s. 18s -6. -s. 20e. -- I ,,, reign Barley, Norf. & Suf ... 228 265. 31s. Line. & Wold -A. 2Ss. 31a. - Foreign - L•' 8. -14.. Beans Pease, White.,.,. 2. s. 305.:340. Grey 2(h. 28. 30s. l'aree Rapeseed. In bond none Free. per last 221. Os. 241. • I.EEI)S CORN NI AILKET.-.lune 12 Wheat, Norfolk and Sonlk, OClh. '2l . t , 69 - York. and Lincoln. 60Ib. 504. to 0. flarlcy, Norfolk and Suirolk -- Y or kshire and Lincolnshire - Grinding Beans Eng. 12.1. to r, P Oats, otatoe 31eallag, For. I Id. toil 1 281. to 3 A : 1 I d. per stone. Shelling It a pe,eed, EngliA, 2;1. to 281 l.• . ,rcign, 27 t.' , 24 . per last. L VERPOOI. CORN MARKET.-June 12. WHEAT, Engli,h, White, per 701 b. ----. pod lO 0 10 4 ---- Scotch, Welch, and Manx --- Irish, White 9 6 10 0 ___-- Red 8 0 6 9 --- Foreign Oars, En;;lish, WelAh, and Scotch, per 451 b.. 3 4 3 9 -- Irish - Foreign „ nA &lAA', English, Molting, per Imp. (platter 3l 0 3S 0 ----- Scotch and Irish, per 60Ibs. -- Feeding 4 3 4 6 BEANS, English, per I:nperial quarter 42 0 40 0 -- Irish, &C. 'IS 0 40 0 -- Foreign PEASE. English, per Imperial quarter - Foreign _. .. .. . ..,..... FLocit, Euglrsh, per 2.801 b ---- Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 240Ibs INDIAN Coes, per 4401 b. .,_ :36 0 4.i 0 Rye, per Imperial quarter . ' , O 0 3 i 0 MALT, per Imperial quarter IMPORT or GRAIN fur the Week ending June II . Wheat. Oats. 1 Barley Fleur. Oatmea' Qrs. Qri. Qrs. Foreign, Bri e . e Irisli,&e. Seksl Load; 15,7',i7 10,0€2 1,333 3,8621 ,I 11 3,749 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Mace da Ligne with their coipp4n)- at dinn4 on Wecinesday. DREADFUL STEAM-BOILER .EX- PLOSION ON THE RIVER. FIVE PERSONS KILLED.. Yesterday afternoon one of the most melancholy and dia— astrous accidents which has happened in the river since the in— troduction of steam navigation occurred in the Pool to the Victoria, I-lull steam-ship, the same vessel in which a most deplorable calamity took placo on the 16th of March last, when one of her boilers explocis-1 in Erith-reach, and caused the death of the chief engineer and four other persons. This unlucky vessel left Hull on Wednesday afternoon, soon after four o'clock, and arrived about three o'clock es— terday afternoon at Blacke all, from whence sr'o continued her course up the river towards Galley-quay. Wisp off the lower tier, Hatch ff (rose, a short distance below the .astern London-duck entrance, she was observed to go in ti; , wards the north shore, and run foul of a collier brig, w h o " bow sprit she carried away. The starboard paddle-box of the' steamer was at the same moment stove iii and rendered at complete wreck, whi:e her starboard bow was injured'by the collision. The engines were sieved directly th steamer ran athwart the collier, and immediately an explosion, resembling the noise of distant thunder, took place.. It was 30011 ascer tained that one of the boilers had burst, and the ship became enveloped in steam, which for some time concealed her from the view of the spectators on shore. An immense 'lumber of wherries put off from the plying places on each side of the river to relieve the passengers, and to ascertain the extent 01 the miscaief. Several boats belonging to private individugs were also in requisition Our Reporter was one of the first who got alongside the ship, which dropped anchor in a safe, berth in the river off New Crane-dock, Shadwell, and found' the passengers, who had been frightened by the previous. collision and the breaking-down of the paddle-case, on deck, in a state of great alarm, running about the vessel, some calling for help, others fainting, and several (among whom were persons belonging to the steam-ship) lowering them selves by means of ropes into boats alongside. On mounting the deck of the Victoria, proof of the dreadful nssture of the occurrence was fully apparent. The quarter-deck was di vested of every article of luggage, and the passengers imme— diately took to the small boats which had surrounded the vessel with their property, and so great was the confusion that seeotral narrowly escaped falling overboard ; indeed, one person w 'l3 in the water, but was instantly hooked up by a boatman. The whole of the vessel was covered with hct water, and the dust of coals and cinders. On going forward, the scene was the most painful we ever remember to have witnessed. The muti lated bodies of two men lay on the larboard side, close to the gangway, partly covered, but exhibiting in their blackened faces the most ghastly appearance possible, while their bodies were in a state that cannot be described. They appeared to have been exposed to the whole force of the explosion, the steam, boiling water, and the fire itself discharging upon them,. and blowing them from one end of the engine-room to the other. Beside these two poor fellows were laid two men apparently in the last throes of death, scalded and blackened, and their garments blown away. For these every exertion was made to procure assistance. The Topaz, Captain Fox, on her way to Gravesend, brought up close to the larboard side of the Vic toria, and his crew promptly offered their assistance. Tian Topaz was made fast to the Victoria, and cushions having been laid on the top of the deck cabins, the sufferers were placed on them, one in a dying condition, and the others but little better. The Topaz instantly proceeded down the rimy to the Dreadnought hospital ship, and they were received into the accident ward and attended to by the medical officers. In the fore cabin the chief engineer, Jacobs, lay on the floor, dreadfully scalded on the hands, face, and chest ; next to him lay WilliaM Colville, the second engineer, in a more de plorable state of suffering, his bead, face, hands, and legs being scalded in a most shocking manner, while the inju ries from the same cause he received in the chest and abdo men leave no hope of his reeovery. The foreman stoker was also in this apartment, and his case equalled in severity thatof his fellows. Several medical gentlemen, among whom were Mr. Man sell, of Wapping-wall, Mr. Southeran, and others, repaired to the vessel soon after the occurrence, and took upon themselves the care of these three men, whose (imams and contortions ex cited the pity of the bystanders. We cannot but here mention the assiduity, kindness, and presence of mind exhibited by Mrs. Ellen Gardner, the stewardess of the fore cable ; it was such as to command the respect and admiration of every observer. On quitting this scene of woe we were informed that two men still lay in the engine-room, whom, being killed at the time of the explosion, it was not thought necessary to remove ; in fact more important matters took the attention of the whole eras. The vessel was actually on fire; and the hand pump on deck was kept in constant requisition for above two hours in pumping water into the hold, while another pump in the fore part of the vessel was as actively engaged in discharging the hot water from the same place. Captain Bell, the master of the steam-ship, whose conduct on this trying occasion cer tainly merits much praise, examined the boilers shortly after the accident, and found that one of them had burst, and that the others were red hot. He stated that he experienced a difficulty in getting steam all day, and had never been able to work the engines at more than six pounds on the inch. lid cannot account for the accident. The pilot West, who brought the ship up the river, Attri butes the accident to an imperfect action of the valves at the moment of the collision with the collier brig. That the col lision was a very severe one is evident, the bowsprit. of the brig being carried away, while her anchor-flukes .damaged the Victoria's bow and quarter bulwarks, and carried away her paddle-box. The pilot was thrown from theleaddle-box, and his anele was put out by the fall. Some of the crew were also, we understood, thrown overboard. In the 'scene of con fusion a number of accidents of a most painful nature occurred. Many ladies fainted, and some gentlemen could hardly be restrained from jumping overboard ; one lady was removed in a state from which she was not expected to recover. Two horses were on board, upon deck, and evinced by their ex treme restlessness that they partook of the terror which tho awful calamity had caused. The captain and crew appeared wich their faces blackened by the clouds of mingled steam and smoke which enveloped the steam- ship, which is considerably defaced by water and smoke. 'rho Victoria is a very handsome steam-ship, and has been lately repainted. She was launched in 1837, and had engines and machinery made from designs and under the immediate direction of an engineer named Napier (not the eminent firm of the same name in Glasgow), upon a principle peculiarly his own. It is singular that the accident, according to Cap tain Bell, arose from the same cause as upon the former occa sion ; for he stated yesterday that he had examined tho boiler that was yet sound, and found no water in it, but that it was red-hot. In such a state many operatives on board said it was no wonder that an explosion teak place. The peculiarity of the boilers was noticed upon the inquest held upon the suf ferers by the previous accident in March, and the question of their safety was not only warmly debated amongst scientific men before the jury, but it became a subject of notice in the public journals. Mr. Penn, the celebrated en gineer, gave an unfavourable opinion of their safety, and " A Volunteer," whose letter under that signature ap peared in the public prints, at that time stated fear lessly his conviction that a similar accident would occur if the same boilers were again used. This prophecy has been fcarfuliy realized, and the loss of life will no doubt he double what took place on the former occasion. As we have already stated, four were lying dead on beard the vessel when our reporter left her ; another died of his injuries in the hospital last night ; and we were informed by the surgeons that the only man who has any chance of recovery is Jacobs, who was taken ashore in a boat at six o'clock, and conveyed to his lodgings. Two of his fellow-sufferers were taken down the river in the Thames steam-tug, Captain Benton, - to their own home'. Captain Bell said that no expense should be spared upon them. Every man who was in the engine-room at the time was burnt and scalded; and when the immense discharge of steam and scalding water caused by the explosion of the bo ler is taken into consideration, it is extraordinary they were not all killed on the spot. We state as a fact that the very same engines and boilers were in use on the 16th of March last. The def..ctive boiler had been merely repaired. The scene of yesterday - was one which will not soon be forgotten in the neighbourhood of Shadwell and Wapping, where most of the men employed as stokers reside, and off which the accident took place. The wives and friends of the sufferers were quickly informed of the sad event, and their appearance on board the vessel in search of their friends was distressing. The Victoria made the voyage from Hull in twenty.four hours, which is reckoned • a quick passage. The William Wilberforce, another Hull steam-ship, started at the same time. The Wilberforce is the property of the Humber Union Steam Company, who have no connexion whatever with the proprie tors of the Victoria, which latter vessel was placed to run in opposition to the Wilberforce, on the same day andat the same hour—in consequence of which the Humber Union Company issued an advertiaement in the Hull papers of the 2d of June. of which see copy in another part of the paper, calling the at tention of the public to the opposition, and informing them that their captains and engineers were strictly prohibited from racing, or using any extraordinary means to accelerate the vessc!s beyond their proper speed. The two vessels left Mill about the same time ; the Wilbeiybrce called off Yarmouth to land and receive passengers, came up with the Victoria in the River, and had passed her a few minutes before the acci dent. The Wilbcriorec arrived in safety at her destination, St. Katharine's-ii harf, at half past four o'clock, and landed her passengers, goods, and cattle. The floating-engine from Rotherhithe was brought along side the Victoria, and some of the land engines of the Lon don fire brigade were in attendance, but they were not required to be put in action, as the means adopted on board were suffi cient to extinguish the ti:e. The Victoria had made only two trips to Hull since her repairs were completed. We are happy to say that, with the exception of the lady above-mentioned, none of ti:‘' Pas sengers, of whom there were about eighty, received any ma terial injury, ERRORS o r THE NtEss.--Sin, wc arc informed, fliscnlefo sin—error, of the Picss beget errors of the Press. Mr. Moore, in his recent reproduction of the " Fudges," has some ten lines of verst recording an error or two of a very whimsical cast. It is curious that these ten hoes of verse upon such a subject, have gone the runnel of the. papers in the following form :—" You can't think what havoc these dG mans sometimes make of one's sense, and, what's worse, of one's rhymes. But a week or two sin ce, in m y Ode upon; ' , Spring, where - I talked of the ' dew droops from freshly-blown roles,' the nasty thin:a made it, ' freshly blown n-ses:' And once, when to please my cruse runt I had tried to commemorate some Saint of her clique, who had just died, h av i n g said he " had taken up in Heave n hi s pos iti on ,' they mate it, he had taken up to Heaven his physician!'" LINLITHGOW ELECT lON.--The Scotch papers re' cived today do nut contain any specific intelligence by which the re. su't of t!,c polling, can be precLi?ly determined. It is said that Mr. Hope was upwards of one hundred.a head of Mr. Johneon ia tht roto. noon of VkVinCWay,